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Table 1 Study population characteristics

From: Quantification of gait in mitochondrial m.3243A > G patients: a validation study

 

Patients (N = 36)

Controls (N = 50)

Gender (N female)

26

30

Age (years)

48 · 5 ± 11 · 2

38 · 6 ± 14 · 9*

Height (cm)

169 · 3 ± 9 · 7

175 · 2 ± 9 · 6*

Weight (kg)

69 · 1 ± 11 · 2

74 · 4 ± 13 · 0

Heteroplasmy in blood (%)

18 · 5 ± 11 · 1

-

Heteroplasmy in urine (%)

53 · 1 ± 21 · 3

-

NMDAS (section 1–3)

17 · 2 ± 11 · 6

-

BBS

53 · 6 ± 3 · 8

56 · 0 ± 0 · 0†

3MWD (m)

265 · 3 ± 44 · 5

322 · 6 ± 31 · 6†

Fmax m. quadriceps (N)

250 · 7 ± 89 · 3

340 · 0 ± 72 · 4†

  1. NMDAS Newcastle Mitochondrial Disease Adult Scale, BBS Berg Balance Scale, 3MWD Distance on the 3 min walking test, F max m. quadriceps: maximal force of both legs measured in the m. quadriceps
  2. significantly different from patients
  3. *p < 0 · 05 †p < 0 · 001